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2 D. R m D 0 O W R TAGKilYNG MACHINE.

No. 254,421. Patented Peb. 28,1882.

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ERASTUS WOODWARD, OF SOMERVILLE, MASS., ASSIGNOR TO THE COPE- LAND'PACKING AND LASTING COMPANY, OF PATERSON, N. J.

TACKlNG-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 254,421, dated February28, 1882. Application led January 7, 1882. (No model.) i

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EaAsTUs WooDwARD, of Somerville, in the county ofMiddlesex and State of Massachusetts, a citizen of the United States,have invented-a new and useful Improvement in 'Packing-Machines, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact description, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of thisspecification, in exro plaining its nature, in Whichr Figure 1represents a side elevation of a machine containing my invention. Fig. 2is a vertical section thereof on the line xx of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is ahorizontal section on the line y yof i5 Fig. 4. Fig. 4 is a view, partin plan and part in section, of the nozzle and swinging foot attachedthereto. Fig. 5 is an enlarged side elevation,more clearlyrepresentin gthe construction of the invention. zo Thisinvention is an improvementupon those described in my Letters Parent Nos. 246,437 and 248,544, andin my pending application, tiled November 16,188l,al1 relating tolasting and fastening machines. In said patents there were describedvarious means for operating what is called the start-and-stop-motionmechanism,and my invention relates to animprovement upon the deviceslor-operating the startand-stop-motion mechanism ot said inventions 3oor either the start or stop motion mechanism. Instead of actuating thestart-and-stop-motion mechanism by an arm situated or located to beoperated by the jack or work in the act of placing the work in positionto receive the fastening, as is described in said Letters Patent No.246,437. or by the nozzle, as is described in said Letters` Patent No.248,544, or by an independent treadle, as is described in said pendingapplication, I use a foot or arm 4o located close to the nozzle of themachine and adapted to he moved by a slight horizontal movement of thework alter it has been moved vertically to place it in position underthe nozzle for receiving the fastening. This foot or arm is connectedbymechanism,as hereinafter deseribed,with thestart-and-stop-motionmechanism described in said patents.

In the drawings, A is the nozzle of the machine. 5o B is the foot orarm. It is pivoted at b to the rear of the nozzle in such a manner thatits under portion maybe swungin a horizontal direction backwardly fromthe end of the nozzle. It preferably is provided with teeth orserrations b upon its under surface, which may project slightly belowthe lower end of the nozzle. Projecting backwardly from the foot is thebell-crank or bent lever b2., the bent end b3 of which projects underthe arm c, which extends horizontally from the sliding plate G.

The sliding plate and remainder of the mechanism have already beendescribed in said patents, and need not be described again here.

In operation the work is lifted to the nozzle, as described in saidpatents, and to operate the machine it is then turned or swung on thenozzle as a pivot in a horizontal direction sufficiently to move thelower part of the foot inwardlybthereby lcausing it to lift the lever b2and theslide-har C and actuating the start or start-and-stop motionmechanism.

Ot' course the foot may be pivoted to any other portion of the machineinstead of to the nozzle without departing from the spirit of myinvention; and of course the foot may be arranged to slide-in ahorizontal direction instead of to swing upon the arc of a circle, inwhich case, however, the mechanism for connecting it with the slide-barwould be somewhat C''erent, for in lieu of the lever b2 an arm having aninclined surface or wedge arranged to be brought in contact with theslidebar C or an arm projecting therefrom, or mechanism of a likecharacter, would need to be employed.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim and desire to secureby Letters Patent ot' the United Statesln atacking-machine, thecombination of the start or start-and-stop motion mechanism with a foot,B, arranged in proximity to the nozzle, and having a horizontal, orsubstantially horizontahmovement in relation thereto, and connectingmechanism, substantially as specified, whereby upon the horizontal orswinging movement of the work in relation to the nozzle the machine isactuated, all substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

-ERASTUS WOODWARD.

Witnesses:

F. F. RAYMOND, 2d, W. C. FOGG.

